Rail-joint support.



P. H. GINN. RAIL JOINT SUPPORT. APPLIOATION FILED JUNEJA, 1907. RENEWED MAR. 28, 1909.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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UNITE STATES PATENT FFTCE,

PATRICK HENRY GINN, OF MIDDLETON, GEORGIA.

RAIL-JOINT SUPPORT.

Application filed June 14., 1907, Serial No. 378,984. Renewed March 26, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Serial No. 436,025.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK HENRY GINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middleton, in the county of Elbert and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joint Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railroad rail joint supports for securely connecting rails together to support the joint thereof between a pair o1 ties and to also secure the rails on suchties so that they cannot spread I and cause the derailment of a train, and the said invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel form of device of this character, which may be manufactured at small cost and which is exceedingly strong and durable, acts efficiently to brace and support the meeting ends of rails at a joint and also serves to strengthen the construction 01 the ties on which the same is in use.

In the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a top plan view of a railway joint provided with devices embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a railway tic pro- -vide d with rail securing and supporting devices embodying my invention, the rails being shown in cross-section. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on a larger scale, on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of F 1.

In accordance with my invention l provide base plates or bars 1, which may be made of steel, iron or other suitable material and are of such size and shape as to enable the same to nearly cover a wooden railway tie a of ordinary construction. The rails I) bear on such base plates or bars. On the upper side of said base plates or bars, near the ends thereof, are rail securing plates 2 which are secured thereon by spikes, bolts or other suitable devices, indicated at 3, which pass through registering openings in such plates and enter the tie. Such plates 2 are provided with inwardly extending arms 4 which are partly upturned to lie at a suitable angle and which bear on and embrace the base flanges of the rails, as shown, so as to effectually secure the rail on the base plate of the tie and prevent the rail from spreading or moving laterally under the stress of a passing train.

here my improved rail securing and supporting devices are employed at a joint between a pair of rails I form the plates 2 in pairs connected by an intermediate portion at bent in the form shown in Fig. 3 to Jrovide, in addition to the portions 5 which bear on the upper sides ol the rail base flanges, re-

versely turned arms 6 to bear under the bases of the rails and upturned arms or wings 7 to bear against the shanks of the rails between. the bases and the heads thereol. The length of the connected pair of plates 2 is such as to enable them to he on and bridge the space between a pair of ties at the rail joint and to extend for a suitable distance from opposite sides of the joint between the rails so that the connecting portions of the said pair of plates serve to support the ends of the rails and to form rigid braces therefor which prevent the ends of the rails from being depressed by the weight of passing trains. The vertical rings or arms 7 ol' the connecting portions of the plates 2 are secured to the rails by belts or other suitable devices 5 which pass through alining openings in such rails and such vertical arms or wings.

The base plates 1 may be secured on the ties by any suitable means and in any suitable manncr, within the scope of my invention.

For the purposes of this specification l:

have shown such base plates having their.

ends and central portions secured on the ties by means ol" railway spikes 9 of the usual lorm.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

The combination with ties having metallic base plates upon their u )per sides, and rails disposed upon the base p ates, of twin plates having their end portions disposed upon the plates and )ortions bent inwardly and upwardly to car on the base flanges and against the sides of the shanks of the rails between the heads and the base flanges gaged with the end portions of the twin thereof, said twin plates having portions inplates, the base plates and with the ties. 10 termediate their end portions reversely bent In testimony whereof, I aiiiX my signature to bear under the bases of the rails and at in presence of two Witnesses.

their ends on the base plates, said reversely PATRICK HENRY GENN.

bent portions and the said base plates being Witnesses: V

coextensive in thickness so that they lie in a V JAS Y. SWIFT,

common plane, and fastening devices en H. T. HAMMOND. 

